Obituaries

Nov 20, 2012

Madeline Rebecca Ayres, age 86, of Street, MD, passed away on November 20, 2012 at Top of the Hill Manor Assisted Living, Street, MD. Born in Bel Air, MD, she worked as an administrative assistant for the State of Maryland. She enjoyed gardening and was very active in Bel Air United Methodist Church. Mrs. Ayres is survived by her nieces,...

Nov 20, 2012

Clifford McMillin, age 89, of Bel Air, MD passed away on November 20, 2012 at his son's home. Born in Hatboro, PA, he was the son of the late Clifford J. and Anna Marie Ford McMillin and husband of the late Charlotte F. McMillin. A veteran of the U.S. Marines, he served our country in the Pacific Theater during WWII...

Nov 19, 2012

Sam Lee, age 94, of Edgewood, MD passed away on November 19, 2012 at Upper Chesapeake Medical Center in Bel Air, MD. Born in White Stone, VA, he was the son of the late Lomas and Jenny Lee and husband, for 64 years, of the late Jean Martin Lee. A veteran of the U.S. Navy, he served our country during...

Nov 19, 2012

William B. Richardson, age 77, of Bel Air, MD, died on November 19, 2012 at Upper Chesapeake Medical Center in Bel Air. Born in Monkton, MD, he was the son of the late William Virgil and Blanche Baldwin Richardson. He was a graduate of Bel Air High School, class of 1953 and retired from Bell Atlantic Telephone Company where he...

Nov 17, 2012

Carol D. Williams, age 43, of Elkton, MD passed away on November 17, 2012 at Union Hospital in Elkton, MD. Born in Havre de Grace, MD, she is the daughter of Jacob R. and Betty Carol Bottom Slicer of Perryman, MD. A Harford County resident for most of her life, she attended Aberdeen High School. She enjoyed her family and...

Nov 17, 2012

James Aloysius Keifer, age 71, of Joppatowne, MD, passed away on November 17, 2012 at Upper Chesapeake Medical Center in Bel Air, MD. Born in Philadelphia, PA, he was the son of the late Alphonse William and Anna McDevitt Keifer. He was a resident of Harford County for 34 years, a supervisor at the Port of Baltimore for the same...

Nov 17, 2012

Richard A. Fiedler, age 77, of Bel Air, MD, passed away on November 17, 2012 at the Senator Bob Hooper Hospice House in Forest Hill, MD. Born in Baltimore, MD, he was the son of the late Andrew Joseph and Ottilla Weigan Fiedler and husband, for 34 years, of the late Martha Yvonne Fiedler. He graduated from Patterson Park High...

Nov 17, 2012

Elena Davis, age 65, of Essex, MD, passed away on November 17, 2012 at St. Joseph Medical Center in Towson, MD. Born in Brooklyn, NY, she was the daughter of Thelma Davis Alexander and wife of the late Raymond Davis. She loved languages, including English, Spanish and French and went back to school in 1997 to start teaching. She taught...

Nov 17, 2012

Shawn R. Ponton, age 21, of Jarrettsville, MD, passed away suddenly on November 17, 2012. Born in Baltimore, MD, he is the son of Craig Steven and Regina Marie Carroll Ponton of Jarrettsville, MD. A graduate of North Harford High School, he was majoring in Biology at Coastal Carolina University and played volleyball in college for a club team. He...

Nov 16, 2012

Rachel Holmes Bennett Cruzan departed this life on Friday, November 16 at Sinai Hospital, Baltimore. Born November 15, 1930 in Baltimore, MD she was the daughter of the late William H. Holmes and the late Marie F. Holmes. Rachel grew up in Bel Air, Maryland.She was preceded in death by her daughter Julia Bennett Stamper and son James Wayne Bennett....

Nov 16, 2012

Robert "Bob" Dolbow, age 52, of Abingdon, MD, passed away on November 16, 2012 at Upper Chesapeake Medical Center in Bel Air, MD. Born in Baltimore, MD, he is the son of Delores Therese Countess Dolbow of Bel Air, MD and the late Theodore Ernest Dolbow. He worked in the HVAC industry for over 30 years and for the last...

Nov 16, 2012

William Martin Forster Sr., age 90, of Joppa, MD, passed away on November 16, 2012 at Upper Chesapeake Medical Center in Bel Air, MD. Born in Baltimore, MD, he was the son of the late Charles and Mary Belle Lewis Forster and husband of the late Marian Wimmer Forster. A veteran of the U.S. Army, he served our country in...

Nov 15, 2012

On Thursday, November 15, 2012, Eugene Harvey Hummell of White Hall, Maryland. Husband of the late Dorothy Elaine Hummell and father of E. Joseph Hummell. Services will be private.

Nov 15, 2012

Lois A. Stewart (nee Rigney), age 76, of Fallston, MD passed away on November 15, 2012 at her home. Born in Baltimore, MD she was the daughter of the late Edgar Newton and Beulah Parlett Shannon Rigney and wife of 57 years to the late Alfred J. Stewart Jr. She worked for St. Joseph Medical Center as a nurse's aide...

Nov 15, 2012

Henry T. Rinehart, age 54, of Conowingo, MD, passed away on November 15, 2012 at his home. Born in Havre de Grace, MD, he was the son of Evelyn Lois Leonard Rinehart of Bel Air, MD and the late Charles James Rinehart. He was a member of Conowingo Church of Christ and Local Union Iron Workers #16.In addition to his...

Nov 13, 2012

Mabel A. Newton, age 83, of Edgewood, MD, passed away on November 13, 2012 surrounded by loving family. Born in Sandy Mount, MD, she was the daughter of the late Glenn Roscoe and Olga Leslie Mae Beegle and wife of the late Kenneth Taylor Newton Sr. A homemaker, she was the matriarch of the family of which she loved and...

Nov 12, 2012

James Francis O'Neill of Bel Air, Maryland, died on November 12, 2012, at Stella Maris Hospice Care in Timonium, MD. He was 86 years old.Born June 30, 1926, he was the son of the late Howard S. O'Neill and Madeleine Robinson O'Neill. He graduated from St. Margaret Elementary School in 1939, and Bel Air High School in 1943. After serving...

Nov 12, 2012

Edith Tilley Keen, age 93, of Rising Sun, MD, passed away on November 12, 2012 at Calvert Manor in Rising Sun, MD. Born in Mt. Airy, NC, she was the daughter of the late Charles Blaine and Fannie Henrietta Coleman Tilley and wife of the late George Melvin Keen Jr., who she married on February 23, 1946 in Bel Air,...

Nov 12, 2012

Eva Schulzke, age 92, of Bel Air, MD, passed away on November 12, 2012 at Upper Chesapeake Medical Center in Bel Air, MD. Born in Torreon, Coahuila Mexico, she was the daughter of the late Miguel and Encarnacion Martinez and wife of the late Arthur Schulzke. A resident of Harford County for 25 years, she had worked as an accountant...

Nov 11, 2012